Man acquitted in embezzlement case ‘owing to lack of evidence’

The High Criminal Court has acquitted a 69-year-old retired Bahraini man of embezzling BD10,000 from his former employers following conflicts in the statements of prosecution witnesses as well as lack of evidence. The defendant was put on trial after he was accused of pocketing money the company received in rents for the buildings it owned.

The company officials revealed that they discovered the misconduct in space of 10 days after performing audits on the cash flow. However, the Bahraini man described the case against as malicious because it was lodged after he demanded a retirement package. “I told them I am getting old and I need to retire. I asked them for my end-of-service package but they refused. I was told that I had obligations with the company. I gave them back the car key and my office key as well as other belongings,” the 69-year-old man said.

Standing by the company’s claims was the employee affairs chief at the firm, who told judges that the defendant embezzled BD11,982. However, the number wasn’t matching the one he revealed to prosecutors, as he told them that the defendant pocketed BD10,299.